師の警告を無視し、最終的にペットとして育てた野生の象に殺されてしまうヒマラヤの隠者についての本生譚で、頑固な比丘を懲らしめるために説かれた。

A birth story about a hermit in the Himalayas who, ignoring his teacher’s warning, is eventually killed by the wild elephant he had raised as a pet, told to tame a headstrong monk.